A group of Morena deputies presented an initiative to amend the judicial reform and postpone the election of the second batch of judges to the first Sunday of June 2028, instead of 2027. The proposal aims to avoid overlap with partisan elections to preserve judicial impartiality. It includes changes to candidate evaluations and the creation of a Single Evaluation Committee.
Federal deputies from Morena, led by Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar, the parliamentary group's vicecoordinator, presented a constitutional reform initiative affecting 10 articles of the Constitution: 76, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 116, and 122. The proposal, also signed by retired minister Olga Sánchez Cordero, Javier Corral, and Susana Harp among others, sets the judicial election for 2028 to separate it from 2027 partisan contests.
In the statement of motives, Ramírez Cuéllar argued that overlapping with partisan elections could blur the line between technical merits and politics, harming the Judiciary's legitimacy. It proposes a Single Evaluation Committee with three representatives from the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches, appointed by the president or president-elect, the Supreme Court, and the Justice committees of the legislative chambers.
Key changes include the National Electoral Institute (INE) issuing the call and compiling the candidate list, replacing the Senate. Aspiring judges would take knowledge exams prepared by the National Judicial Training School and administered by public universities, plus requiring competency certification from that school.
The initiative emphasizes objective evaluation criteria, removing subjective requirements like specific academic averages, to enhance technical quality and depoliticize the process.
